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In short — Core i5-2500K outperforms the cheaper Celeron G3900 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Celeron G3900 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-2500K is 1696 days older than the cheaper Celeron G3900.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-2500K
- Performs up to 1% better in Sea of Thieves than Celeron G3900 - 211 vs 208 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G3900 - 4 vs 2 threads
Advantages of Intel Celeron G3900
- Up to 82% cheaper than Core i5-2500K - $55.15 vs $299.99
- Up to 81% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Core i5-2500K - $0.27 vs $1.42 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 51 vs 95 Watts
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INTEL Core i5-2500K Processor - BX80623i52500K
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Celeron G3900
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
FPS
208
98%
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$0.27/FPS
100%
Price, $
$55.15
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Intel CPU BX80662G3900 Celeron G3900 2.80Ghz 2M LGA1151 2C/2T Skylake Retail
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Core i5-2500K
Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011
Celeron G3900
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2015
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-2500K | vs | Intel Celeron G3900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 9th, 2011 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2015 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Celeron |
| Sandy Bridge | Codename | Skylake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1151 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 | Cores | 2 |
4 | Threads | 2 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.8 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 95 W | TDP | 51 W |
| 32 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 28.0x |
| Intel HD 3000 | Integrated Graphics | Intel HD 510 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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